Room 3's busy morning

This morning we have been very busy in Room 3
We visited our friends at Southern Stars to share our published stories and poems with them.

 

Hayden reading to his Mum, little sister Nikita and little brother Fletcher

 

 

 

Archie and Ollie are enjoying listening to Xavier reading his published stories.

 

Once we had finished reading we stopped at Paper Plus to post our letters to Santa.

We had to look up Santa's address before we left so we could make sure we sent our letters to the right Pole!

Santa's address is:

Santa Claus

Santa's Workshop

North Pole 001

 

 

 

We hope we hear from him soon.

Mrs Pearson has copied our letters and put them into our poem books if any parents would like to read these letters.

 

 

 

 

Stoat Trapping on the Kepler

Today we went to check the Stoat Traps on Line 7, which is a two km walk to Dock Bay and then about 1.5km walk into the bush, checking 21 traps on the way.  We had a brillant day, came back with smiles and covered in mud.
Click on Chloe, in the cool new Rain Jackets donated by Kids Restore and the Kepler Committee, to see our journey.

Sunshine online

Here is an extra website to practice your reading, as you do at school.
This will take you to the Sunshine Home Page.
You will need to enter a username and password to log in.
We have a school username and password you can use, look for this inside your child's homework book.
Happy reading!!


http://www.sunshineonline.com.au/level2.php

Run,Jump,Throw

On Thursday we learnt how to use the Pole Vault.  This was so much fun being thrown up into the air.  Watch Xavier and Sophie on the video below.

Here are some more photos of us doing the Pole Vault.

Then we did a 20m sprint and got timed.  We have some very fast runners in our class.

Thinking Thursday

This week we made apple scones, which was part of our inquiry unit on Body Fuel, they were yummy!  We also had dress ups, lego, playdough and shops, wheels and scooters and making bird feeders.  

Kids Restore the Kepler

Buddy sharing with the seniors

Today Room 6 came over and shared their stories they had written with us.  They were fantastic!

Teddy Tuesday

Today we all brought our teddies to school for the morning.
We had a super time doing teddy reading, teddy fitness and teddy writing.

Look at us criss-cross candyfloss on the mat with our teddies and special soft toys.

Getting ready for teddy fitness

Look at how fast our teddies, sharks, leopards and dolphins can race.

Meet some of our teddies

Maki said, "this is my teddy called Rainbow.  I don't remember where I got her from. I call her Rainbow because
he has got rainbow colours on him.  He can sit up.  Mum put a ribbon on him".

"This is my morepork.  He has a soft, squishy beak.  Sometimes I have bad dreams without him.  He makes a morepork sound.  His neck can twist", said Chloe.

Taydin said, "this is my great white shark.  I got him from the warehouse in South Africa.  He sleeps where all my other teddies are.  Sometimes he sleeps beside me in my bed, he has got sharp teeth."










To read about the rest of our teddies come  and look in Room 3.

Kids Restore the Kepler - Wood Pigeon

This week our bird was the Wood Pigeon.  One new fact were learnt was that kereru feed their chick on milk.  They make a special high protein milk in a special pouch in their throat called a crop.  Both parents make milk and feed the chick.

We made some Wood Pigeon masks.  Can you guess who we are??

Kids Restore the Kepler - Kiwi

Did you know that Fiordland is home to the tokoeka, the largest type of kiwi.  Females are larger than males and can weigh over three kilos (that’s nearly as much as a takahe!).
We drew our own kiwis last week and wrote some great facts about the Kiwi.  Here are just a small selection.

Te Anau/Mararoa School Pet Day

Click on Mrs Taylor's Dog 'Scruffy' to see our Smile Box of the school Pet Day.

Kids Restore the Kepler

We were lucky enough to have the Kiwi from DOC come in.  We used this to create our own drawings of Kiwis.

Run, Jump, Throw

We are lucky enough to take part in a 6 week Run, Jump, Throw programme that Southland Sport are running.  We have Lorne come up every Thursday and teach us some skills for 45 minutes.  These are some of the activities we did last week.

Hiwi the kiwi show

Lucky Te Anau School!  We had the Minstrel and Mrs Minstrel visit us yesterday.
We sang songs and talked about fishing for the future, and being safe on the water.

The Minstrel brought along a fishing rod with flashing lights!

Do you know why you need to take a wet towel with you when you go fishing?
Ask a Room 3 person to explain.

Riley is doing careful measuring to see if the snapper is big enough. 
Do you know how to measure a fish accurately?  Room 3 can tell you.

AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET IN A BOAT ON THE WATER!

Our Visit to Invercargill to watch Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

Read our shared writing  about our trip to Invercargill to  watch the live theatre show of Mr McGee and the Biting Flea.

 

 

 

Fire Station Visit

Today we visited the fire station as a celebration of our Firewise Unit.  Click on the photo of the fire engine to view a video of our visit.

Mad Math Minute Link

Check out the link for the Mad Math Minute website for great videos for your child's current level.  Go to the Math page and click on the Mad Math minute logo like below.

Body Fuel

This is a great site for children to explore for our current topic "Body Fuel" with great recipes for children to make and 'Vege People' to create.

Kids Restore the Kepler - Fantails

This term we are looking at Native Birds.  We started this week with the Fantail.

These birds are known for their friendly 'cheet cheet' call and energetic flying antics.  The fantail is easily recognized by its fan-shaped tail.  Their main prey are moths, flies, spiders, wasps and beetles, although they sometimes also eat fruit.

We made our own fantail sitting in a tree with their eggs in a nest.

Kids Restore - Wasps

We looked at how wasps are a pest around Fiordland.  Then we made our own wasp catcher using recycled materials.

Lion Pictures

We painted Lion Faces as part of our learning about Lions for our Music Festival.  Check out our Smile Box below to see them.

Click on me to open the Smilebox

Music Rock's Celebration

As part of our Music Rocks celebration Room 3 performed "I just can't wait to be King", as well as the Polyfest songs.  We made our own shakers by using a lightbulb and a tube as the base and then paper mache over the top.  Click on the link below to view our video.

Shakin' Lions video

Glue Poems

As part of our inquiry unit this term on music we have been making our own shakers using paper mâché. Using so much glue on our hands was a new experience for many, some liked the feeling, some didn't. While Mrs Pearson was away this week we wrote poems about glue with Mrs Taylor. We then made a Smilebox presentation of it. Please click on the link below to view

Glue Poems

Tips for questioning your child about their day at school.

Ever asked your child what they did at school today and their reply was "nothing".  Check out this link for some good questions - as we don't do nothing!! :)
Click on this text to view

Kids Restore the Kepler - Stoats

This week the pest is the STOAT!!
Did you know it was introduced into New Zealand to control the rabbit problem, but now it is a major problem to our native birds, lizards and insects.

We had Mrs Ball bring a Ferret and Stoat into school for a day.  Check out the You Tube clip below:Click on this text to view

Room 3 also had Shinji Kameyama who does trapping for DOC come in and share his knowledge.